Direction: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :

It has sometimes been said that all this quantitative expansion has been achieved at the expense of quality. It is true that standards have fallen in several sectors and that the number of substandard institutions has considerably increased. This is, to some extent, inevitable in any period of rapid expansion, especially when, as in our case, financial investment in the system is proportionately smaller than the growth in enrolment and there are serious mistakes of commission and omission, both in planning and in implementation. But even here, one should not ignore the fact that ‘educational standards have improved in many sectors. The number of good institutions and of first rate students is much larger today than it ever was. Our medical education has always maintained very high standards which are comparable to those in advance countries and are accepted by them as such. In the sector of science and technology, we have shown tremendous progress and some of our institutions in this field can compare with the best anywhere. There has also been substantial improvement in standards of teaching and research at the post graduate and university levels. As the education commission observed, the overall picture in respect of the quality education is really a mixture of light and shade.